Anchorage Trip

I had to go to Anchorage for work this week. It has been a long week away from Amy and Camden, and rained the whole time we were here. Today the clouds broke for a bit and Ryan (who I work with) and I decided to take off early and head to Alyeska Ski Resort to ride the tram up and hike the ridge line over the ski area.

This is the Turnagain Arm which is the bay south of Anchorage. I think there are places along the road here for whale watching and even has Beluga Whales

This was taken along the ridge line above Glacier Bowl

The view from the bottom of the glacier at Glacier Bowl

Self portrait with Glacier Bowl below

We walked across the glacier and were curious about how thick the snow/ice was below us when we found a crevasse with water running below. These pictures don't do any justice to the magnitude of the "little" glacier we were on but it was a bit nervous to look down this huge dark blue hole into nothing.

Another self portrait with the valley below
The view of Turnagain Arm from above the Alyeska Ski Resort and the tram dock

Before I left Camden and I got to spend some time hiking and throwing rocks in the Hood River at home. He would be happy for hours to just throw rocks and sticks into the water. I hate being away from home on these trips and can't wait to get back to my beautiful family!!

We've been working on this for a bit now - slow going but we're getting there!
I haven't said much about cycling lately but I have been doing pretty well lately. I just did a 100 mile ride with a friend I have made recently who is a really strong cyclist. We circumnavigated Mt. Hood from Hood River. Lots of great climbing and a view of Mt Hood from every angle. 24 Hours of Moab is next month but I don't know if it will be a possibility to make the trip from Oregon - 13 hr drive!!! I've done a few long mtn biking trips as well - 3-4 hrs long and another road ride near Mt. Adams. I think the riding - road and mtn - is better here in OR than in UT.

Cheers for now.

Family pictures from many hikes

Camden never ceases to surprise us. We've been taking him hiking almost every weekend and the little guy will go for so long on his own. He's been about 50/50 between the backpack and hiking on his own and some of these hikes are 4-5 miles long!

This is one of my new favorite pictures. That is Horsetail Falls in the back. This is at the beginning of one of the most amazing hikes we've done. It's about 1/2 way between Portland and Hood River in the Columbia Gorge.

A couple random family shots:

This is Amy wading through the creek to get down through Oneonto Gorge after we waded up to see the waterfall in there:

Stopping for a lunch break - notice Cam "smiling" for the pic

Cam said "Too cold mom!! My feet are cold" so he ended up in the pack for most of this even though he just wanted to throw rocks the whole time we hiked through here: Amy is such a trooper and always has a great lunch packed for us on our adventures. She managed to wade through the waste deep and very cold water of the Oneonto Gorge.

Another Moody Family Adventure!!
He is one damn cute kid!!



How cool is it to live in a place that has hikes like above but still has a great sandy beach for swimming/sunning!! Here is Camden after I pulled him our of the water during a play date when his lips turned blue. He was showing off to the other kids how he can swim under water and dive in!

Gorge Hiking

Water, Water everywhere!! One thing we have found that all of our hikes have in common here in the Gorge - Waterfalls! Very scenic and green. Here are a couple shots from a few recent hikes: